Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Directed by Petr Weigl
Plot
A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.
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Cast
Markéta Hrubešová
Kateřina
Galina Vishnevskaya
Kateřina (singing voice)
Michal Dlouhý
Sergei
Nicolai Gedda
Sergei (singing voice)
Petr Haničinec
Boris
Dimiter Petkov
Boris (singing voice)
Václav Neckář
Sinowi
Werner Krenn
Sinowi (singing voice)
Eva Šlosárová
Axinija
Taru Valjakka
Axinija (singing voice)
Stanislav Zindulka
Schäbiger Mann
Robert Tear
Schäbiger Mann (singing voice)
Václav Sloup
Hausknecht
Steven Emmerson
Hausknecht (singing voice)
Jan Skopeček
Mühlenarbeiter